The commission votes Wednesday to end the "terrestrial loophole" that allowed cable operators to refuse local sports programming access to competitors. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

Versant, the new home for NBCUniversal cable networks being spun off from Comcast, will use USA Sports as the umbrella brand ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In response to a Congressional mandate, the FCC recently inquired whether satellite and cable TV ...

Original cable programming once again demonstrated its increasing dominance of television at tonight's Emmy Awards. These cable and non-broadcast shows -- especially the dramas -- aren't necessarily ...

The cable company and the broadcaster fail to reach a pact on fees, but subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas aren't losing the television channel for now. Joan E. Solsman was CNET's senior ...

Mad Men comes back for its sixth season Sunday at an opportune moment for basic cable. Last weekend, 25 million viewers combined watched The Bible and The Walking Dead on basic cable channels. That's ...

Comcast, ViacomCBS, Discovery and Disney have achieved a narrow victory on a preliminary injunction motion concerning the Maine's novel a? la carte mandate. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal ...

Basic cable networks have been facing the same audience fragmentation that broadcast networks have been facing since the 1980s. In 2009, ten basic cable networks reported percent double-digit audience ...

Call it a cable squeeze play. Cable television networks may be the most lucrative divisions of many large media companies, but the networks are beginning to feel the pinch of dramatically higher ...

WASHINGTON — Robert Johnson and Alfred Liggins are good friends who share a unique bond: Each launched a successful cable TV network targeting African Americans, a rare achievement that makes them ...